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1014786
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b769156
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Joffe, Carole E.
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Dispatches from the abortion wars : : the costs of fanaticism to doctors, patients, and the rest of us /\ Carole Joffe.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Beacon Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 196 pages)
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| ISBN
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0807035025
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: 0807035033
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: 1299561616
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: 9780807035023
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: 9780807035030
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: 9781299561618
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9780807035023
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The stigma of abortion -- "You need a community with you" : becoming an abortion provider -- The clinics : ground zero in the abortion wars -- Regulating abortion -- Hospital-based abortions : chaos, cruelty, and some accommodation -- Abortion patients and the "two Americas" of reproductive health -- "Every woman is different" : what good abortion care looks like -- What kind of America do we want? -- Afterword : "abortion is a perfectly proper noun" -- Postscript : the legacy of George Tiller.
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From the Publisher: Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access. More than thirty-five years after women won the right to legal abortion, stories of limited access to abortion are still familiar; yet most people have little idea of just how inaccessible it has become. While a majority of Americans support safe and legal abortion, the pervasive stigma-cultivated by the religious right-continues to shame women and marginalize abortion providers in their own professional communities. Reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe has studied abortion provision for more than thirty years. In Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, she relays on-the-ground stories of doctors grappling with the obstacles of providing abortion care for their patients: from skirting draconian state regulations to negotiating with intransigent insurance companies or having to beg superiors for the right to perform medically necessary abortions in-hospital. Joffe brings these examples to vivid life, reporting the lived experiences behind the polemics. Dispatches from the Abortion Wars also offers hope for real change, pointing the way to a more compassionate standard of women's health care-one that responds to the needs of the individual and trusts women to make their own moral choices.
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Abortion services-- United States.
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Abortion-- United States.
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Pro-life movement-- United States.
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Abortion services.
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Abortion.
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Pro-life movement.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Abortion Birth Control.
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Abortion, Induced-- psychology-- United States.
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Health Policy-- United States.
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Health Services Accessibility-- United States.
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Politics-- United States.
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Public Opinion-- United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.198/8800973
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| LC Classification
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HQ767.5.U5J64 2009eb
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2010 B-004
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HQ 767.5.U5J64d 2009
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